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By Sumeet Sandhu, General Manager, Resource Generation - South, CRY What do you want to become when you grow up? Doctor? Engineer? Entrepreneur?  Well, ‘Fundraiser’ doesn’t even feature in the list. However, when exploring an alternative career is becoming a more mainstream conversation, the option of ‘fundraising’ certainly pops out. For many fundraisers in the industry currently,...

India’s large populace requires ophthalmic care. But the question is, does it have enough human resource to address this need? Despite major advances in affordable technology and innovative models of eye health care delivery, blindness is still a major public health issue in India due to avoidable causes such as cataract and refractive errors....

इस बार आंधी नहीं बल्कि सुनामी थी, ऐसी जीत किसी भी पार्टी को देश में कभी नहीं मिली, साल 2014 से भी ज्यादा लहर, ज्यादा जनादेश और अटूट विश्वास जनता ने पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी पर दिखाया है। बीजेपी पार्टी का मतलब आजकल नरेंद्र मोदी हो गया है यही वजह है कि अकेले अपने दम पर...

The UN’s industrial development organisation (UNIDO) defines corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a way of integrating social and environmental concerns in business strategies while satisfying, at the same time, economic interests. The concept of “triple bottom line” coined by John Elkington in 1994 merges in a single idea the intrinsic need for businesses of creating...

Poor and underserved urban communities of Mumbai will benefit from the mobile health services through “Smile on Wheels” under CSR of a leading insurance company. General Insurance Corporation Ltd (GIC) and the non-profit Smile Foundation have come together to cater to the health needs of at least four lac urban slum dwellers in the...

Empirical Data has announced the launch and introduction of RedShift, a blockchain solution for corporate CSR. The solution provides a platform for corporates to ensure smooth CSR project execution. “A well-executed CSR project is the best way to give back to society. We are excited to introduce RedShift which will help create greater transparency and...

IndianOil and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Pottery development under a CSR project in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu. IndianOil has engaged IIT Madras which is a synergizing platform for Science and Technology (S&T) interventions. The Southern Region Pipelines (SRPL) would undertake the CSR project in Tiruvallur...

India is only 2.4 per cent of the world's land area but contributes about 8 per cent of known global wildlife, including over 45,000 species of plants and 91,000 species of animals. Despite having a huge population of over 1.3 billion, the country boasts 662 protected areas, five of them designated as World Heritage Sites...

The importance of voting in the modern democratic process, and especially in the context of Nation Building, is central to the role of citizenship in a foundational sense. India, the world’s largest democracy, hosts its largest festival, the General Elections of 2019. While, the Indian electorate is approximately 900 million strong, the sex ratio among...

The circular economy is maturing, and companies no longer have to reinvent the wheel to take on every new supply chain challenge. They can close the loop by tapping into a rich pool of experienced partners in the business and nonprofit communities. That strategy has paid off for Dell Technologies. Last month, the company announced...

A new anti-abortion law passed on 15th May, 2019, in Alabama of the United States of America is a major blow on women empowerment, equality and human rights front. The bill signed into law by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey after it was supported by 20 male senators in a state, where according to the...

By Mohana Nair, President, Ladies’ Wing of the IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Entrepreneurship needs a different mindset. It is much easier to work for a boss rather than to be the boss yourself. Women have a much more difficult task leading an enterprise than men do. Men are easily accepted as leaders, while women heading...